shrank

英 [ʃræŋk]

美 [ʃræŋk]

v. (使)缩水，收缩，缩小，皱缩; (使)缩小，减少; 退缩; 畏缩
shrink的过去式

柯林斯词典

The government reported last week that the Spanish economy shrank by 0.3% in the fourth quarter of 2011.
西班牙政府上周公布，2011年第四季度西班牙经济萎缩0.3%。
This coat shrank badly in the first wash.
这件衣服刚洗了头水就缩了好多。
His sweater shrank when washed in hot water.
他的毛衣放到热水里一洗就缩小了。
His linen sock fell over board in the water and shrank.
他的亚麻布制的袜子落到了甲板的水上，收缩了。
The dough shrank slowly in the cold air.
面团在冷空气中慢慢收缩了。
He caught hold of her hands, but she shrank back.
他捉住她的两只手，但是，她往后退缩着。
Since the fiscal deficit also shrank, the capital outflow soared.
由于政府财政赤字也缩水了，资本外流飙升。
By inventing the telephone, he opened the age of telecommunications and shrank the world.
发明了电话，他开的年龄缩水电信和世界。
In 2012 the working-age population of China shrank for the first time.
2012年，中国劳动年龄人口出现了首次下降。
She shrank back with an involuntary gasp.
她不由得倒抽了口冷气，往后退了退。